Are those zipties? I fucking hate zipties whenever cleaning out old installs. They’re just about always so tight it feels uncomfortable to cut those when youre dealing with fibres or just about anything, really.
I use velcro ties myself most of the times. If I absolutely have to use zipties, I leave then so loose that they’re just guiding the cabling, not choking it.
Just today I cleaned out one +15 years old install and oh boy, multiple zipties there. Awful
Flush cutters specifically. And you cut the side of the head opposite the tail with the cutter flat against the face of the tail passing through the head.
I love zip ties as long as they’re cut flush. There is a special place in hell for the basrards that rip my forearms open by cutting them a few mil long and at an angle.
Yeah if you never have to be the one to open it up again and pull stuff apart again then sure. But I’m sure as hell not going to cut and redo zip ties the 4-5 times a year I’m in there adding or changing out something.
Are those zipties? I fucking hate zipties whenever cleaning out old installs. They’re just about always so tight it feels uncomfortable to cut those when youre dealing with fibres or just about anything, really.
I use velcro ties myself most of the times. If I absolutely have to use zipties, I leave then so loose that they’re just guiding the cabling, not choking it.
Just today I cleaned out one +15 years old install and oh boy, multiple zipties there. Awful
Use dikes, not a knife, and cut the head of the tie, not the strap
YES
Flush cutters specifically. And you cut the side of the head opposite the tail with the cutter flat against the face of the tail passing through the head.
Can’t believe ppl just use knives, lol, I would cut all the things with a knife.
To be fair, it’s a technique that’s not obvious to everyone. I remember when my old boss taught me at my first maintenance job
Oh, I def believe you get very proficient in such a thing very quickly, I only (re)build PC for family & friends.
I don’t imagine going in a sever room cutting zip ties like:
Ever reached your hand down into the floor to find a power plug and meet water?
This gif brought back traumas.
Y’all don’t water-cool your rigs? :D
Lol well is was airplanes not a server room. But yeah
Just staby-staby, fix it later with some alu tape.
I use whatever I have with me, sometimes I have the tools with me but I’d lie if I said I always carry the toolbag around.
Yeah I do sometimes have dykes at hand but that shouldnt be necessary in professional environment.
Still hate the zipties in this context tho
Nah, use flush cutters and attack it from the side, or just cut the head off.
Exactly. Let’s use a securing mechanism that requires a razor-sharp blade, held perilously close to what you don’t want to cut, in order to undo.
One of these are safe-ish (not razor-sharp):
Eh, personally, i’d still find a way to screw that up.
These were my goto. I miss them 🥲
But the steel stamped type that come in every electronics kit work as well.
Can confirm, I have my father’s that are prob 40 or 50 years old. Hard blue handles.
These cutters are my bread and butter. I also use them to cut my fingernails. https://www.weller-tools.com/us/en/precision-tools/weller-erem/products/cutters/776e
That handle to head ratio is far too provocative!
Sexy.
Might I introduce you to the wonder of reusable cable ties?
They have a release tab. You can undo them, adjust the cables, then retighten them.
Velcro is great, till it starts losing it’s grip.
I love the stretchy rubber ties, the ones that allow you to make two bunches held together yet distinctly seperate.
Great for comms rooms, and also motorcycle cable management :-)
Yeah, I’m exactly the same myself.
Also (just the idea of) single use “structural” stuff like that doesn’t appeal to me at all.
I love zip ties as long as they’re cut flush. There is a special place in hell for the basrards that rip my forearms open by cutting them a few mil long and at an angle.
Yeah if you never have to be the one to open it up again and pull stuff apart again then sure. But I’m sure as hell not going to cut and redo zip ties the 4-5 times a year I’m in there adding or changing out something.